Final (?!) Table (Sep 10): 1.LISCR 22 10 12 0 30-12 42 Champions 2.Barrack Young Controllers 22 11 6 5 34-14 39 [C] 3.MC Breweries 22 10 6 6 22-19 36 [P] 4.Nimba United 22 9 8 5 30-21 35 5.Watanga FC 22 10 5 7 22-16 35 6.FC Fassell 22 11 1 10 34-26 34 7.Jubilee FC 22 8 6 8 20-24 30 [P] 8.Keitrace FC 22 6 11 5 28-28 29 9.LPRC Oilers 22 6 7 9 15-17 25 ----------------------------------------------------- 10.Mighty Barrolle 22 7 3 12 24-30 24 [P] Relegated 11.Invincible Eleven 22 4 3 15 22-45 15 [N] Relegated 12.ELWA United 22 2 8 12 16-45 14 Relegated NB: Invincible Eleven reinstated after sitting out the 2015/16 season due to being refused a license; the round 19 match between Fassell and LPRC Oilers was awarded one month after the end of the season, causing the relegation of Mighty Barrolle (who had profited from a similar award in round 14); a protest by Mighty Barrolle against their relegation (claiming LPRC Oilers had used two ineligible Guinean players against them on Jul 24) was finally rejected in August 2018; on their facebook page the league proudly proclaimed on Aug 29 that overall, 264 matches had resulted in 300 goals scored, 272 goals conceded, 95 wins, 73 draws and 96 defeats; clearly, arithmetic is not their strong point (apart from the discrepancies between wins and defeats, and goals scored and conceded, only 132 matches were played). Round 1 [Dec 2] LPRC Oilers 0-1 Barrack Young Controllers Watanga 1-0 Nimba United [Dec 3] LISCR 1-1 Keitrace ELWA United 1-5 FC Fassell [Dec 4] Jubilee 2-1 Invincible Eleven Mighty Barrolle 0-1 MC Breweries Round 2 [Dec 7] Barrack Young Controllers 4-0 Jubilee [Dec 8] Watanga 0-1 ELWA United [Dec 9] FC Fassell 1-0 MC Breweries [Dec 10] Mighty Barrolle 0-1 LPRC Oilers [Dec 11] Nimba United 1-1 Keitrace Invincible Eleven 0-2 LISCR Round 3 [Dec 15] Jubilee 1-0 Mighty Barrolle [Dec 16] ELWA United 0-2 Barrack Young Controllers [Dec 17] Keitrace 1-0 Watanga LISCR 0-0 LPRC Oilers [Dec 18] MC Breweries 1-1 Nimba United Invincible Eleven 0-3 FC Fassell Round 4 [Dec 22] LISCR 0-0 Jubilee Watanga 0-1 MC Breweries [Dec 23] Barrack Young Controllers 2-3 Mighty Barrolle [Dec 24] FC Fassell 1-0 LPRC Oilers [Dec 25] ELWA United 2-3 Keitrace Nimba United 2-0 Invincible Eleven NB: round 5 played later Round 6 [Jan 19] FC Fassell 3-0 Jubilee Nimba United 2-0 LPRC Oilers [Jan 20] Barrack Young Controllers 2-1 Keitrace [Jan 21] MC Breweries 0-0 ELWA United Invincible Eleven 0-1 Watanga [Jan 22] LISCR 3-1 Mighty Barrolle Round 7 [Jan 26] MC Breweries 4-2 Invincible Eleven [Jan 27] Barrack Young Controllers 1-2 FC Fassell [Jan 29] Nimba United 1-1 LISCR [date?] Jubilee 0-0 ELWA United [inferred] [Mar 3?] Mighty Barrolle 1-2 Watanga [Mar 6] LPRC Oilers 0-2 Keitrace Round 5 [Jan 24] Watanga 0-0 Barrack Young Controllers LPRC Oilers 0-2 Jubilee [Feb 2] MC Breweries 0-1 LISCR [Feb 19] FC Fassell 2-2 Keitrace Invincible Eleven 1-2 Mighty Barrolle [Mar 12] ELWA United 0-4 Nimba United Round 8 [Feb 2] Watanga 1-0 Jubilee [Feb 3] Keitrace 3-1 Invincible Eleven [also reported 3-0] ELWA United 2-0 LPRC Oilers [inferred] [Feb 4] Mighty Barrolle 0-1 Nimba United [Feb 5] LISCR 1-0 FC Fassell [Mar 6] MC Breweries 0-0 Barrack Young Controllers Round 9 [Mar 12] FC Fassell 5-1 Mighty Barrolle [Mar 16] LPRC Oilers 0-1 Watanga Keitrace 1-5 MC Breweries [Mar 22] Barrack Young Controllers 0-0 LISCR [Mar 26] Invincible Eleven 4-0 ELWA United [abandoned at 4-0 in 43' as ELWA had only eight [date?] players left; result stood] Jubilee 2-0 Nimba United [inferred] Round 10 [Feb 15] Mighty Barrolle 4-0 ELWA United [Feb 16] Jubilee 1-1 Keitrace Watanga 0-0 LISCR Nimba United 1-2 FC Fassell [Mar 3] Barrack Young Controllers 6-0 Invincible Eleven [Mar 22] MC Breweries 1-0 LPRC Oilers NB: league interrupted between Feb 23 and Mar 2 due to strike by clubs for financial reasons Round 11 [Feb 22] Keitrace 0-0 Mighty Barrolle [Mar 4] LISCR 1-1 ELWA United [date?] Jubilee 0-1 MC Breweries [Mar 10] Invincible Eleven 1-1 LPRC Oilers [Mar 22] FC Fassell awd Watanga [awarded 0-2; originally 2-0, Fassell [Mar 26] fielded suspended player] Nimba United 0-1 Barrack Young Controllers Halfway Table: 1.FC Fassell 11 8 1 2 24- 9 25 2.Barrack Young Controllers 11 6 3 2 19- 6 21 [C] 3.MC Breweries 11 6 3 2 14- 6 21 [P] 4.Watanga FC 11 6 2 3 8- 4 20 5.LISCR 11 4 7 0 10- 4 19 6.Keitrace FC 11 4 5 2 16-15 17 7.Nimba United 11 4 3 4 13- 9 15 8.Jubilee FC 11 4 3 4 8-11 15 [P] 9.Mighty Barrolle 11 3 1 7 12-17 10 [P] ----------------------------------------------------- 10.ELWA United 11 2 3 6 7-23 9 11.LPRC Oilers 11 1 2 8 2-13 5 12.Invincible Eleven 11 1 1 9 10-26 4 [N] NB: the above halfway table takes the award of the match between Fassell and Watanga from round 11 into account, although the relevant ruling was made on Jul 24 (nearly four months after the halfway stage). Round 12 [Apr 13] MC Breweries 0-2 Jubilee [Apr 14] ELWA United 1-1 LISCR Watanga awd FC Fassell [awarded 2-0; originally 0-3, Fassell [Apr 15] fielded suspended player] Mighty Barrolle 0-1 Keitrace LPRC Oilers 2-0 Invincible Eleven [May 19] Barrack Young Controllers 1-2 Nimba United Round 13 [Apr 19] LPRC Oilers 0-1 MC Breweries [Apr 20] ELWA United 2-2 Mighty Barrolle [Apr 21] Keitrace 1-1 Jubilee LISCR 4-3 Watanga [Apr 22] Invincible Eleven 0-5 Barrack Young Controllers [Apr 23] FC Fassell 2-3 Nimba United Round 14 [May 6] MC Breweries 0-0 Keitrace [May 7] Nimba United 2-1 Jubilee ELWA United 1-2 Invincible Eleven LISCR 1-0 Barrack Young Controllers [May 31] Watanga 0-0 LPRC Oilers Mighty Barrolle awd FC Fassell [awarded 2-0; originally 0-5, Fassell fielded suspended player] Round 15 [May 10] Jubilee 1-0 Watanga [May 12] Barrack Young Controllers 0-0 MC Breweries LPRC Oilers 4-0 ELWA United [May 14] FC Fassell awd LISCR [awarded 0-2; originally 1-1, Fassell Invincible Eleven 0-2 Keitrace fielded suspended player] Nimba United 2-0 Mighty Barrolle Round 16 [Jun 7] Keitrace 1-2 LPRC Oilers [Jun 9] ELWA United 1-1 Jubilee Watanga 0-2 Mighty Barrolle [Jun 10,11] Invincible Eleven 0-1 MC Breweries FC Fassell 0-1 Barrack Young Controllers LISCR 0-0 Nimba United Round 17 [Jun 16-18] Keitrace 0-2 Barrack Young Controllers ELWA United 1-2 MC Breweries Watanga 1-0 Invincible Eleven Mighty Barrolle 0-3 LISCR [Jun 18] LPRC Oilers 0-0 Nimba United [Jun 19] Jubilee awd FC Fassell [awarded 2-0; originally 0-1, Fassell fielded suspended player] Round 18 [Jun 23] Barrack Young Controllers 2-2 Watanga [Jun 24] Keitrace 1-2 FC Fassell Jubilee 0-0 LPRC Oilers [Jun 25] Mighty Barrolle 2-1 Invincible Eleven [Jun 26] LISCR awd MC Breweries [awarded 2-0; originally 1-1, Breweries [Jun 27] fielded suspended player] Nimba United 1-1 ELWA United Round 19 [Jul 1] Invincible Eleven 3-3 Nimba United Mighty Barrolle 2-0 Barrack Young Controllers [Jul 2] Jubilee 0-3 LISCR LPRC Oilers awd FC Fassell [awarded 2-0 one month after end of season; [Jul 3] originally 0-1] Keitrace 2-2 ELWA United MC Breweries 0-2 Watanga Round 20 [Jul 10] Watanga 2-2 Keitrace [dates?] Mighty Barrolle 1-2 Jubilee Barrack Young Controllers 2-0 ELWA United Nimba United 2-3 MC Breweries [Jul 18] LPRC Oilers 2-2 LISCR FC Fassell 0-2 Invincible Eleven NB: on Jul 24, four matches were awarded 0-2 losses against Fassell which they had won on the field, all due to fielding suspended players: those of rounds 11 and 12 (both against Watanga), 14 (against Mighty Barrolle) and 17 (against Jubilee); also MC Breweries had one match (the 1-1 draw in round 18 against LISCR) awarded a 0-2 loss against them; the match from round 15 between Fassell and LISCR had been awarded earlier (on May 31); the match from round 19 between LPRC Oilers and Fassell was awarded one month after the end of the season (Sep 9) causing the relegation of Mighty Barrolle instead of LPRC Oilers. Round 21 [Jul 24] LPRC Oilers 1-0 Mighty Barrolle [Aug 1] Jubilee 1-2 Barrack Young Controllers [Aug 3] MC Breweries 0-3 FC Fassell [Aug 4] ELWA United 0-2 Watanga [Aug 5] LISCR 1-1 Invincible Eleven Keitrace 1-1 Nimba United Round 22 [Aug 9] Keitrace 1-1 LISCR Invincible Eleven 3-1 Jubilee Nimba United 1-0 Watanga Barrack Young Controllers 0-0 LPRC Oilers MC Breweries 1-1 Mighty Barrolle FC Fassell awd ELWA United [awarded 3-0, ELWA dns] Table at Conclusion of League (Aug 10): 1.LISCR 22 10 12 0 30-12 42 Champions 2.Barrack Young Controllers 22 11 6 5 34-14 39 [C] 3.FC Fassell 22 12 1 9 35-24 37 4.MC Breweries 22 10 6 6 22-19 36 [P] 5.Nimba United 22 9 8 5 30-21 35 6.Watanga FC 22 10 5 7 22-16 35 7.Jubilee FC 22 8 6 8 20-24 30 [P] 8.Keitrace FC 22 6 11 5 28-28 29 9.Mighty Barrolle 22 7 3 12 24-30 24 [P] ----------------------------------------------------- 10.LPRC Oilers 22 5 7 10 13-18 22 Relegated 11.Invincible Eleven 22 4 3 15 22-45 15 [N] Relegated 12.ELWA United 22 2 8 12 16-45 14 Relegated NB: Invincible Eleven reinstated after sitting out the 2015/16 season due to being refused a license; FC Fassell unsuccessfully appealed the award of 4 matches against them Final (?!) Table (Sep 10): 1.LISCR 22 10 12 0 30-12 42 Champions 2.Barrack Young Controllers 22 11 6 5 34-14 39 [C] 3.MC Breweries 22 10 6 6 22-19 36 [P] 4.Nimba United 22 9 8 5 30-21 35 5.Watanga FC 22 10 5 7 22-16 35 6.FC Fassell 22 11 1 10 34-26 34 7.Jubilee FC 22 8 6 8 20-24 30 [P] 8.Keitrace FC 22 6 11 5 28-28 29 9.LPRC Oilers 22 6 7 9 15-17 25 ----------------------------------------------------- 10.Mighty Barrolle 22 7 3 12 24-30 24 [P] Relegated 11.Invincible Eleven 22 4 3 15 22-45 15 [N] Relegated 12.ELWA United 22 2 8 12 16-45 14 Relegated NB: Invincible Eleven reinstated after sitting out the 2015/16 season due to being refused a license; the round 19 match between Fassell and LPRC Oilers was awarded one month after the end of the season, causing the relegation of Mighty Barrolle (who had profited from a similar award in round 14); a protest by Mighty Barrolle against their relegation (claiming LPRC Oilers had used two ineligible Guinean players against them on Jul 24) was finally rejected in August 2018; on their facebook page the league proudly proclaimed on Aug 29 that overall, 264 matches had resulted in 300 goals scored, 272 goals conceded, 95 wins, 73 draws and 96 defeats; clearly, arithmetic is not their strong point (apart from the discrepancies between wins and defeats, and goals scored and conceded, only 132 matches were played). Promoted: NPA Anchors, Small Town FC, Nimba FC (second level champions Barrack Young Controllers II not eligible for promotion)
1/7 Finals First Legs [May 24] FC Fassell 3-0 Morris Young Tigers LISCR 3-0 Muscat [May 25] Samira 2-0 Jubilee Nimba United 2-0 Holders [May 26] Invincible Eleven 0-0 Keitrace Bea Mountain 0-3 ELWA United LPRC Oilers 1-1 MC Breweries Second Legs [Jun 13] Holders 2-1 Nimba United Keitrace 3-1 Invincible Eleven [Jun 14] Morris Young Tigers 0-3 FC Fassell Muscat 4-4 LISCR [Jun 15] Jubilee 1-0 Samira ELWA United awd Bea Mountain [awarded 3-0, Bea Mountain dns] MC Breweries 1-0 LPRC Oilers Quarterfinals First Legs [Jun 28] Nimba United 1-0 Keitrace [Jun 29] FC Fassell 1-1 LISCR Samira 0-0 MC Breweries ELWA United bye Second Legs [Jul 5] LISCR 2-1 FC Fassell [Jul 6] MC Breweries 2-2 Samira Keitrace 2-0 Nimba United ELWA United bye NB: 3rd division side Samira eliminated three top level clubs (Mighty Barrolle in round 1, Jubilee and MC Breweries) to reach the semifinals Semifinals First Legs [date?] Samira 0-2 ELWA United [Jul 28] Keitrace 3-2 LISCR Second Legs [Aug 2] LISCR 3-0 Keitrace ELWA United 4-2 Samira Final [Aug 13] LISCR 3-0 ELWA United [Stephen Seameh 23, Edward Ledlum 54, Sheku Sheriff 77]
NB: played at county level with subsequent playoffs; there are 15 county leagues: Bomi, Bong, Gbarpolu, Grand Bassa, Grand Cape Mount, Grand Gedeh, Grand Kru, Lofa, Margibi, Maryland, Montserrado, Nimba, River Gee, Rivercess, Sinoe. Playoffs 2016/17 Winners and promoted to Second Division: PAGS FC.
Group Stage Group 1 (Robertsports) Grand Cape Mount (hosts) Bomi Gbarpolu Grand Bassa (defending champions) Group 2 (Voinjama) Lofa (hosts) Margibi Bong Group 3 (Sanniquellie) Nimba (hosts) Montserrado Sinoe River Cess Group 4 (Harper) Maryland (hosts) Grand Gedeh River Gee Grand Kru [Dec 29] Cape Mount 0-1 Montserrado Maryland 2-0 River Gee [Dec 30] Margibi 2-0 Lofa Grand Bassa 1-1 Nimba Quarterfinals [Jan 4] Montserrado bt River Gee Maryland bt Grand Cape Mount [Jan 5] Margibi 1-0 Grand Bassa Nimba 3-0 Lofa Semifinals [Jan 9] Montserrado 0-0 Margibi [aet, 5-3 pen] [Jan 11] Maryland 2-0 Nimba Final [Jan 15] Maryland 1-1 Montserrado [aet, 1-3 pen]
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